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Western Chinese arvicolines (Rodentia) collected by the Sage Expedition

by: Lawrence, Marie A

Publication date: 1982

Topics: Voles, Microtus musseri, Rodents, Mammals, Voles -- China -- Sichuan Sheng -- Classification, Microtus musseri -- Classification, Rodents -- China -- Sichuan Sheng -- Classification, Mammals -- China -- Sichuan Sheng -- Classification

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History

Collection: americanmuseumnaturalhistory; biodiversity

Contributor: American Museum of Natural History Library

Language: English

Rights: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions

Rights-holder: American Museum of Natural History Library

Volume: no. 2745

Item Size: 33.3M

19 p. : 26 cm

"The arvicoline rodents collected by the Sage West China Expedition (1934) to Sichuan are reported. The localities and measurements are given for Eothenomys melanogaster melanogaster and Pitymys sikimensis irene. A new species, Microtus musseri, is diagnosed, described, and compared with other members of the genus. The new species is closest morphologically and ecologically to Microtus millicens from which it differs in dentition, size, and pelage color"--P [1]

Title from caption

"September 21, 1982."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 18-19)

Abstract: 'The arvicoline rodents collected by the Sage West China Expedition (1934) to Sichuan are reported. The localities and measurements are given for Eothenomys melanogaster melanogaster and Pitymys sikimensis irene. A new species, Microtus musseri, is diagnosed, described, and compared with other members of the genus. The new species is closest morphologically and ecologically to Microtus millicens from which it differs in dentition, size, and pelage color'--P [1].